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Crew members work at the Thunderbird Treatment Center site on a sunny May afternoon.

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Thunderbird nears July opening

As construction nears completion at the new Thunderbird Treatment Center on Vashon, the 92-bed facility is expected to…

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Martha Hills stands before a school bus at Vashon High School.

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Beloved Vashon bus driver retires after 35 years

For more than three decades, Vashon Island School District bus driver Martha Hills was a familiar, welcoming presence…

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Donald Cole stands before a piece he’s currently working on.

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Vashon artist Donald Cole looks back — and keeps creating

Inside a sunlit Vashon studio, Donald Cole opens drawer after drawer crammed full of paintings and drawings.

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From left to right: Greg Rabourn of the King County Water and Land Resources Division, Michelle Gostic of the Washington State Department of Ecology, U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Joenne McGerr of the Department of Ecology and Hannah Drummond of the Department of Ecology.

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At Maury shore, Jayapal backs restoration

On a recent full-day visit to Vashon, U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., met with community members and toured…

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Husband and wife Tyler Kaltreider and Alexis Czaplinski are the owners of Toad and Jaguar Tattoo in Vashon Village.

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More than ink at Toad and Jaguar

At Vashon Island’s newest tattoo studio, getting inked is meant to feel less like a transaction and more…

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Sea Mar’s new two-story clinic in uptown Vashon will include additional exam rooms, as well as dental and behavioral health services.

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Sea Mar’s new clinic takes shape

Nearly a year into the construction of Sea Mar’s new uptown Vashon clinic, more specifics come into focus…

Islanders packed into a corner of Vashon’s four-way stop and held up signs during the March 28 No Kings protest. (Terry Donnelly Photo)

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For the third time, Vashon says ‘No Kings’

More than 800 people gathered at Vashon’s four-way stop on March 28, where, amid honking horns and banging…

Sun peeks through western hemlock trees at the edge of SW Luana Beach Road in the North Maury Wildlands. (Scarlet Hansen Photo)

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Vashon-Maury Land Trust purchases two new properties

The Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust has acquired 56 acres of what they call “ecologically significant” land, completing two…

Cindy Stockett poses for a photo with her dog, Bear. (Scarlet Hansen Photo)

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Inside the Vashon garden that never stops growing

When asked how 17 acres of bare land became one of Vashon’s most impressive gardens, Cindy Stockett is…

Vashon Food Bank Executive Director Emily Scott cuts the “grand opening” ribbon on Friday, March 13, surrounded by food bank staff, Chautauqua Elementary School students, Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda and Pastor Patricia Longstroth. (Scarlet Hansen Photo)

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A new home for the Vashon Food Bank

Dozens of community members gathered beneath falling snow on Friday, March 13, for a ribbon-cutting ceremony opening the…